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W.J. Franco
1963.
California Quail
August 23. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co.
time patrolling along the fence, as I
looking for a way out; this might be
a manifestation of the urge to come
together into coveys - especially since
it seems to include all the birds
in the per except the ones with young
chicks. 1034 Black 9 with about 8
chicks came from D-8, forged into
C-7, then led into D-8 weed patch;
two of these were the older silver chicks,
the other all appeared to be downy.
1039 Orange 8 came to water hole
with two (8) immatures and flew
to a perch on the B-7 eucalyptus
as the young drank and then ran
under the eucalyptus. 1042 Orange
8 flew down to weed patch in C-7,
gallaled by 2 immatures. 1051
$3 8 crossed from E-7 to water hole area
where Black 9 just appeared with her
brood of chicks; he pecked at two of
the downy chicks but paid no
attention to an older chick very
close to him - the latter is his own
brood. 1054 Red 8 appeared momentarily
in E-7. The other adults and immatures
are no longer in sight, having moved
to the NE fence, behind the weed patch